Communities and Schools Promoting Health

A Gateway to information on comprehensive school health (CSH) and health promoting schools (HPS)
Providing links to research, reports, how-to manuals, planning & assessment tools, lesson plans and student webquests

     

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Healthy Eating


 
Nutrition
bullet Health Canada Food Guide

bullet Risk Behaviour Messages

bullet Rationale/Research

bullet Teaching Programs

bullet School-Community Approach

bullet Lesson Plan Gateway

bullet Webquests

bullet School Nutrition Checklist


 

 
This website provides links to hundreds of web-based documents and resources that promote healthy eating. These sections are listed below:
 
bullet Background/Summary
This section describes the health risks related to eating and nutrition, key health messages for children and youth, research on effective nutrition education and school nutrition promotion, teaching tips, best practices and selected programs/materials and a selection of documents and tools on a comprehensive school-based approach to promoting healthy eating.
 
bullet Lesson Plan Gateway
Hundreds of lesson plans, catalogued by grade level and topic.
 
bullet Student Webquests
Over 50 online student projects that harness the power of the web.
 
bullet School Nutrition Checklist (Food for Thought)
A great four page summary on the role of the school in promoting health eating.

 

This material has been prepared with funding from the Canadian Diabetes Strategy in a project led by the Canadian Association for School Health and  the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

 


Information/Presentations:

School Health Conference 2007

School Health Conference 2008 Registration & Program
 
April 20-23, 2008
Gatineau-Ottawa
(watch for information)

 

 

 


Key Resources
 

 
bullet Canada's Food Guide
 
bullet WHO Information Series on School Health
 
bullet CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Health Eating
 
bullet Youth Knowledge, Behaviours, Risks
 
bullet Community and School Approaches
 
bullet School Nutrition Education
 
bullet Teaching Techniques
 
bullet Best Practices in Food Services

 

 

 

 



      

 


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